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palp

 (pălp)
n.
One of a pair of elongated, often segmented appendages usually found near the mouth in invertebrate organisms such as mollusks, crustaceans, and insects, the functions of which include sensation, locomotion, and feeding. Also called palpus.
[French palpe, from New Latin palpus, from Latin, a touching; see pāl- in Indo-European roots.]
pal′pal (păl′pəl) adj.
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palp

(pælp) or

palpus

n, pl palps or palpi (ˈpælpaɪ)
1. (Zoology) either of a pair of sensory appendages that arise from the mouthparts of crustaceans and insects
2. (Zoology) either of a pair of tactile organs arising from the head or anterior end of certain annelids and molluscs
[C19: from French, from Latin palpus a touching]
ˈpalpal adj
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pal•pus

(ˈpæl pəs)

n., pl. -pi (-pī).
an appendage attached to an oral part and serving as an organ of sense in insects, crustaceans, etc.
[1805–15; < New Latin; Latin palpus or palpum palm of the hand]
palp′al, adj.
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palp

(pălp)
A segmented organ extending from the mouthparts of arthropods, used for touch or taste.
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I had been restless, dreaming most disagreeably that I was drowned, and that sea anemones were feeling over my face with their soft palps. I woke with a start, and with an odd fancy that some greyish animal had just rushed out of the chamber.
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While we observed males placing only one palp over the female's epigyne during courtship, our males never charged their palps with sperm prior to this and we never observed copulation in the cohabiting pairs we found in the field.
Bad tenants: female sheet-web spiders, Cambridgea foliata (Araneae: Desidae), lose feeding opportunities when cohabiting with males
La presencia de sensilas dentro de estructuras llamadas 'Palp pit Labial' (LPO), se caracteriza por poseer superficies ranuradas con poros o tubulos porosos en su pared, que es tipico de receptores.
Palpos labiales de la mariposa Prestonia clarki (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Ultraestructura de organos sensoriales y sensilas
(A) Habitus, lateral view; (B) Prosomal end and urosome, ventral view; (C) Antenna; (D) Mandibular gnathobase; (E) Mandibular palp; (F) Maxilla; (G) Leg 1; (H) Leg 2; (1) Leg 3; (J) Leg 4.
Some Observations of Morphology and Behavior of a Hyperbenthic Misophrioid Copepod
phoenicis in having a narrowly lanceolate dorsal seta on palp femorogenu (Fig.
New report of Brevipalpus yothersi (Prostigmata: Tenuipalpidae) on blueberry in Florida
Spination: femora I p 0-0-1, II 0, III 0, IV 0 and femora of palps 0; patellae I-IV 0 and patellae of palps 0; tibiae I p 0-1-0, r 2-2-2, II v 2-1-4, p 0-1-0, III v 1-2-1 (apical), r 0-1-0, IV r 0-1-0 and tibiae of palps p 0-1-0; metatarsi I v 0-0-1 (apical), II v 0-(0-1)-3 (apical), III v 0-1-3 (apical), p 0-1-1, r 0-1-1-1, IV v 0-1-3 (apical), p 0-1-1, r 0-1-1, tarsi I-IV and tarsi of palps 0.
Descripcion del macho de Bistriopelma matuskai Kaderka 2015 y de una nueva especie de Bistriopelma de Peru (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae)
websteri showed variation in palp pigmentation pattern, the shape of the anterior edge of the prostomium, the shape of the major spines on chaetiger 5, and shape of the pygidium (Table III).
Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Polydora websteri (Annelida: Spionidae), with Remarks on Relationship of Adult Worms and Larvae using Mitochondrial COI Gene as a Molecular Marker
The maxillary palpus is composed of two pieces: the distal maxillary palp, the mobile sensory appendage, and the proximal maxillary socket into which the distal maxillary palp is inserted (Figure 1(A)).
The Noncell Autonomous Requirement of Proboscipedia for Growth and Differentiation of the Distal Maxillary Palp during Metamorphosis of Drosophila melanogaster
Mesocyclops oganmts female: (A)--General aspect; (B)--Antenna 2 (setae: longitudinal spines rows); (C)--Maxillulary palp (setae: rows of spines); (D)--Intercoxal sclerite of leg 4 (setae: projection); (E)--Genital segment (setae: lateral ami of the seminal receptacle); (F)- Caudal rami (setae: naked inner margin).
Occurrence of the AFRO-Asian species Mesocyclops ogunnus onabamiro, 1957 (Crustacea: copepoda) in the Amazon river basin
In the beginning, Director General (DG) Khana-e-Farhang, Ali Yousafi and Resident Director, Pakistan Academy of Letters Peshawar (PALP), Said Wali Khiyal Mohmand welcomed the participants for participating in the Mushaira.
PALP, Khana-e-Farhang Iran arrange Mehfal-e-Musalma
One row of numerous cilia is observed along the ventral side of each palp (Fig.
A new species of Protodrilus (Annelida, Protodrilidae), covering bone surfaces bright red, in whale-fall ecosystems in the northwest Pacific

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